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> Ariadne wrote:
> Hi, I love Birthright, but there`s one thing I always disliked:
>
> Brechtür is built on the german language, but the creaters seem to speek not
> one word... For a native speeker Brechtür is a combination of fun and a
> headache...
>

>A_dark wrote:
> well, by far the funniest is Grabentod. Who on earth, ok, sort of necromancers and their kin, would like to live in a place called Gravedeath?! :)
>
>I wonder why King Graben has not changed the name :)
>
Grab is Grave.

@ A_dark
I think you're not alone with this little missunderstanding of "Grab" and "Graben". In my opinion the creators of Birthright wanted to name Grabentod "Gravedeath". So they flipped through a dictionary and found "Grab". They put it together with "Tod" and may be they found this sounds realy awfull. So I think they put a little fillword between: "en" (after they continued the search).

This may be sounded better and nobody would ever notice. So thank you to show us the true intention of the birthright creators. ;)

Zwei Frieren Flusse = two frozen rivers. It should read "Zwei Gefrorene Flüsse".
Froschschloss = frogcastle.
Auslauf = run out.
Elfhaben = having an elf. This name makes perfect sense ;) .Allesrecht = all right.
Nochlauch = still leek.
Auchlaken = sheet, too.
Faulfell = lazy coat/hide/pelt/fur.
Garmisch of Partenkirchen... in southern Germany there´s a city called Garmisch-Partenkirchen :).Müden is a special case. Müde = tired, so Müden means... ?Drachenward is ruled by the Soldat. Reminds me of Return to Wolfenstein ("Das Super Soldat", lol). Oh, and I prefer to call Drachenward "Drachenwarte". Sounds a little bit like an observation post... hmm, now I really wonder what the authors intended here :P .

I do think that some BR author likes Terry Pratchett (or Detritus) very much. Like "Wot if I take der crossbow...". I wonder what happened to TSR´s german department.
Btw, Massenmarch sounds better if it´s called Massenmark.

Many reasons not to run a campaign in Brechtür if you happen to be german, as your players are in grave danger of having a laughing fit every time they travel around, or look at the map. Thank goodness I don´t speak any scandinavic, arabic, gaelic or slavic languages...